IslamAwakened.com Qur'an Tafsir of Surah at-Takwir - The Overthrowing, The Cessation as rendered by
N J Dawood (2014)
81:1
WHEN THE sun ceases to shine
81:2
when the stars fal
81:3
and the mountains are blown away
81:4
when camels big with young are left untended
81:5
and the wild beasts are together herded
81:6
when the seas are set ablaz
81:7
and souls are reunited
81:8
when the infant girl,¹ buried alive, is aske
81:9
for what crime she was slain
81:10
when the records of men‘s deeds are laid open
81:11
and heaven is stripped bare
81:12
when Hell turns into a Conflagratio
81:13
and Paradise is brought near
81:14
then each soul shall learn what it has done
81:15
I swear by the turning planets
81:16
and by the stars that rise and set
81:17
by the night, when it darkens
81:18
and the first breath of morning
81:19
this is the Word of a messenger gracious and mighty
81:20
held in honour by the Lord of the Throne
81:21
obeyed, and faithful to his trust
81:22
No, your countryman² is not possessed
81:23
He saw him³ on the clear horizon
81:24
He does not grudge the secrets of the unseen
81:25
nor is this the utterance of an accursed demon
81:26
Whither then are you going
81:27
This is but an Admonition to all mankind
81:28
to those among you that have the will to be upright
81:29
Yet you cannot will, except by the will of God, Lord of the Universe
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